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inv. 307
Ships in Boston Harbor
late 1840s–early 1850s 11 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (28.6 x 46.4 cm)
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9 x 14 in.
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archive
Showing Lane's neighborhood while working in Boston. Lane had studios at the intersection of Washington and State Streets, Summer, Tremont and School Streets.
Also filed under: Lane & Scott's, Lith. – Boston » // Maps » // Professional » // Residences » // Tremont Temple »
Map insert to Boston Almanac and Directory
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archive
Also filed under: Maps » // Residences » // Tremont Temple »
Printed map inside Boston Almanac
Published by B. B. Mussey & Co. and Thomas Groom, Boston
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archive (R910.45 B65 1848)
Map at front of almanac with Tremont Temple highlighted.
Also filed under: Boston Harbor » // Maps » // Tremont Temple »
Boston
Boston Public Library: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Call Number: G3764.B6 1852.M35
Also filed under: Maps » // Residences »
top] The "new" State House is located across from the Boston Common on the top of Beacon Hill, and serves as the Massachusetts state capital. The land was once owned by Massachusetts's first elected governor, John Hancock. Charles Bullfinch was the architect of the building, which was completed in 1798.
The dome was originally roofed with wood shingles, which leaked. In 1802 it was covered with copper by Paul Revere's Revere Copper Company. The dome was first painted gray and then light yellow before being gilded with gold leaf in 1874.
lithograph
1832
"Salmon pinxt" at lower left; "Pendleton, Boston" at lower right
Also filed under: Pendleton's, Lith. – Boston » // Salmon, Robert »
Lithograph
Published by N. Currier, New York
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002698122
Also filed under: Currier (& Ives) – New York »
Commentary
This is a somewhat unusual ship painting for Lane as it’s quite small, 18"x11”, yet it has all the vigorous sea and air of a brisk blow in Boston Harbor. The distinctive silhouette of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Beacon Hill is centered on the horizon. The ship is a clipper, fairly typical though without the skysails of the largest and fastest clippers which could load on sail trying to cut days off their ocean crossing passages. The painting does not seem to be a commission for an owner or master as there is no name on the ship or pennant. In the foreground is a pilot boat but without an identifying number on the mainsail or signal pennant. Likely painted in the late 1840s or early 1850s, it’s a fresh and convincing view of a great ship under sail in Boston Harbor.
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